As you can clearly see, the difference in fares for train and airways has blurred so much, that train fare is now more than airfare.

And Railways wants to capitalize on this, in a strange yet logical move.

As per reports coming in, Rajdhani passengers whose tickets haven’t got confirmed, can now travel in Air India flight, without paying any difference.

Will this proposal work? Does it makes sense?

Indian Railways: Fly With Air India If Rajdhani Ticket Unconfirmed

This proposal has been mooted by Ashwani Lohani, who is the Chairman of Railways Board. And the idea came to him while he was heading Air India as Chairman last year.

The basic premise of this offer was to utilize Air India’s vacant seats by accommodating Railways passengers whose tickets are unconfirmed. This way both Railways and Air India can optimally utilize their resources, and the passenger can travel as well.

“A benefit of having a government-owned airline… (is that) railways can transfer its unconfirmed premium passengers to state-owned AI. Lohani’s idea is very good. But can railways do the same with a private AI or any other private airline without facing charges of benefitting them?”

Whereas Senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal, who is currently Chairman of Air India has said that no official proposal has been sent by Railways yet.

He said,

“This is the first time I am hearing of such a thing. There is difference in train and air fares…”

Do you think that instead of matching the travel tickets, Indian Railways should reduce the price of tickets, and make train travel more affordable?

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Esteemed Lohaniji,
Railways need to do a lot for revolutionise it virtually from its persent functioning,,,
Also something concrete for Handicapped and incapacitated senior citizens,,,,because I have been travelling by Railways only regularly,even though paralysed below waist for past 50 years,,,,,
I shall be putting my experiences and suggestions,,,to your goodself,,,